| | | | 1. Members of the Aka group during a concert. | | | | | | | |
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| Aka PygmiesItalian Concert Tour (2001)(from the Central African Republic's rainforest)Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis DevinSoundscape: Aka vocal polyphony (Aka Pygmies of the Central African Republic). | | | | | 2. - 3. Cities of the Italian Concert Tour of the "N'zamba Lela Group" (Aka Pygmies from Central African Republic): Milan, Pietra di Bismantova near Castelnovo ne' Monti (Reggian Apennine), Soriano nel Cimino (Viterbo), Rome, Fiesole; Bottom image: a dance performance on the Reggian Apennine. Some backstage images | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4. Polyphonic song with accompaniment of arched harp, during a concert on the top of Bismantova Stone (see photo above). Aka Pygmy music and dances | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5. Bismantova Stone, a particular geological formation near Castelnovo ne' Monti, on the Reggian Apennine, where a group of Aka Pygmies from Central African Republic gave a concert in 2001. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8. The castle of Soriano nel Cimino, where the Aka Pygmies gave a concert in 2001. | | | | | | | |
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Music anthropologist and writer, he has carried out field research in central Africa, where he lived with the Baka Pygmies and other forest peoples, whose music, rituals and survival strategies he has been studying for more than a decade. www.luisdevin.comwww.facebook.com/LuisDevin | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOME SECTION INDEX BACKThe Italian Concert Tour of an Aka Pygmy group (from the Central African Republic's rainforest).Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/aka/concert-tour.phpPhotos, videos and sounds are available for licensing, both for multimedia use and paper publications. For the terms and conditions, contact the author from the Contact page. The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the Aka Pygmy people live, is 06:07. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Other Pygmy Peoples section indexCopyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved. | | | | | | | |
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